hotel fun plus work

well it is work for phill we are all just in it for the fun. phill has to stay at the hotel as part of his work so they got us a family room and we are all staying the night it is nice because the kids are out of school for the week and it gives us something to do for fun. right now the kids are swimming i brought my stuff to swim too but i want to wait until after we go to eat, hy is going to be going on a winter camp this week and let me tell you that it is definetly winter out here the battery on the laptop is dying i'll write some more when it is charged again bye for now

going to a concert

we are off to a concert tonight we are going to go and see

three days grace



seether



and econoline crush


hopefully we can get some pictures and i will post them tomorrow if not i'll let you all know how it was

President Hinckley

I know that i didn't post about this very quickly but i was having a hard time with his passing. i have had the feeling lately that this time was coming and i am very, very saddened by his passing, but it is comforting to know that he is now with his sweet wife.

pres hinckley has always been a great example of one who has charity (the pure love of christ) i think that is radiated in his personality and it was always easy to detect when ever he spoke. when ever he would smile i think that it was very infectious. he represents the type of life that i would like to have the sure knowledge of life and our heavenly faters plan for each of us. he always reminded me that i am a child of god and through him i have always felt the lords love for us all.

i know without a doubt that gordon b hinckley was a prophet of god. that he was the lords spokesman on the earth. i am thankful for all that he taught. one of my best memories was when he came to a regional conference in eugene or and phill and i got to go and hear him speak. it was the first time i heard him speak of the 6 b's it was after this talk that they really became popular. i know he gave them in other talks later and maybe before. but i actually got to see and hear him in person. the spirit in the room was amazing and i will always remember it.

i love these picture of president hinckley and his wife. they were both always so happy and i know that it was and is because of their faith and love for each other. i hope that we will all be able to have the faith of president hickley and be able to love each other the way they did. what wonderful examples these two people have been in my life. they will be missed.

here is a quote by president hinckley that i really like:

“May the sunlight of faith ever warm your hearts. May you grow in strength and capacity as the years pass. May your outreach to others be as that of the good Samaritan. May the service which you render be fruitful for good in the lives of others. May prayer be a part of your daily activity. May reading enhance your knowledge and increase your understanding. May you be true and faithful one to another, and may the years bring to you that peace which passeth all understanding, the peace which comes of following the precepts of the Master” (devotional, BYU alumni, 12 Sept. 2000).

as i read this i can hear his voice and feel of this love. he truly wanted us all to follow the savior so that we can return to our father in heaven. thank you for your example to us all you are loved and will be greatly missed.

sooooooooooo cold!!!!!!

it has been crazy cold up here lately. just about all of our windows have frosted over. i think the temp this morning was like -25c and that is without the wind chill and i don't think that there is much insulation in our walls. you can feel the cold coming right through them.

phill came home last night from work and he couldn't get warm so it totally cover himself with blankets and fell asleep watching tv. the blanket on the top actually has a whole right in the middle of it. so he was wearing it like a poncho and he is wearing hy's touque (which is french for hat) it totally cracked me up watching him all bundled and sleeping. i personally didn't think that it was as cold as he said that it was. he will probably kill me when he

sees these pictures but i had to share because they were too cute.

sledding

today was a really nice day so kay, jeh and i decided to go sledding. here are a few pictures.

kay almost running into me.

jeh going down the hill.
here is me kicking up a ton of snow. i think that i totally wiped out right after this picture was taken.
kay's seriously bad wreck.

owwww! that one really hurt.

ski trip (picture heavy)

well here is where i got to spend my day yesterday and it was a really great day. it was so beautiful and peacefull up there. i got to see real trees too which was worth the whole trip. the wind was really blowing up there and you can kindof see the snow blowing off the ridge of the mountain in this picture.
we discovered that it was really hard to walk in skis. i think that is what the poles are really for.


hyrum learning to ski. he did really well once he got the hang of it, but before that he was on the ground a lot.

here is the chair lift that we went up all day because hy missed the testing and couldn't go on any other lift, but it was okay because he really needed most of the day just to get a hang of going downhill next time he will do better and can go down the bigger hills. this is hy's friend ethan.

boy we were tired by the end of the day i think that we spent much of it on the hill but it was a ton of fun. i think that we need to get the rest of the family up there now.

a very sad day

i got a call from my husband that i needed to go and check yahoo! because some really bad news was on there. and this is it.


heath ledger has died at age 28. i love him. i'm seriously depressed about this. now i'm in search of another freebie. he is the best eye candy out there and now he is gone. this is indeed a very sad day.

my fav movie of his was or should i say is a knight's tale. it is such a happy movie. i love the movies where the main character is trying to better their standing in society. and that is excatly what this movie was all about.

i think that heath changed his stars, but not for the good. it just goes to show you how a life in hollywood is not all that is looks to be.

i think that this picture is from brokeback mountain , but we won't hold that against him now.

these two pictures are from a knights tale. the dance scene is my favorite.